Homepage | CNAS

Featured Reports

Countering the Swarm

Stacie Pettyjohn, Molly Campbell | September 10, 2025

Game Over?

Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz | August 04, 2025

Understanding Russia’s Calculus on Opportunistic Aggression in Europe

Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, Kate Johnston, Greg Weaver | September 04, 2025

Global Compute and National Security

Janet Egan | July 29, 2025

Countering the Swarm

After decades of air dominance and a near monopoly on precision strike, the United States now faces a dramatically different, more hostile world as the proliferation of cheap ...

Game Over?

The trade wargame suggests that sustained high tariffs could create leverage and urgency to spur action toward a productive restructuring of the international trade system....

Understanding Russia’s Calculus on Opportunistic Aggression in Europe

Executive Summary Numerous factors are working to dissuade Russia from directly challenging NATO, but once Moscow reconstitutes its military, one scenario stands out as a plau...

Global Compute and National Security

The current pathway to breakthrough artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities relies on amassing and leveraging vast “compute”—specialized chips housed within massive data cen...

AMERICA'S EDGE

The United States faces a rapidly changing global security landscape. Evolving technology, shifting alliances, and emerging threats require America to harness bold, innovative approaches. The CNAS 2025 national security conference, America’s Edge: Forging the Future, will bring together bipartisan leaders, policymakers, and industry to chart a vision for enhancing America’s global edge.

CNAS 2025 National Security Conference | America's Edge: Forging the Future

Jun 3, 2025

The First 100 Days

The First 100 Days is a series of recommendations from CNAS experts. The recommendations span the most pressing issues that will test the administration, including competition...

Global Swing States and the New Great Power Competition

International politics is undergoing a period of rapid, significant change. China and Russia are working together more closely and alongside Iran and North Korea...

Press

In The News

Transatlantic Security
Trump Plan for a Second Putin Meeting Undercuts Ukraine Push
President Donald Trump has his sights once again on ending the war in Ukraine, announcing another meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin after a first summit in Alaska fai...

By Celeste Wallander
- Bloomberg
- October 16, 2025
In The News

Transatlantic Security
Trump to Hold Putin Summit in Budapest – Where Russia Promised Not to Invade Ukraine
President Donald Trump is touting another meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin about his country’s invasion of Ukraine, this time in Budapest, Hungary — the city where...

By Jim Townsend
- HuffPost
- October 16, 2025
In The News

Defense
How Tomahawks Could Help Ukraine Hurt Russia
President Trump has signaled the United States may send long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine, allowing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to strike military targ...

By Stacie Pettyjohn
- The Hill
- October 15, 2025
In The News

Technology & National Security
Ukraine’s Drone War over the Black Sea Is Heating Up
Ukraine has turned to drones and asymmetrical warfare to counter Russia’s superior firepower, but nowhere has this strategy been more effective than in the Black Sea....

By Samuel Bendett
- The National Interest
- October 14, 2025
In The News

Defense
US Can Spare Only Limited Tomahawk Missiles, Likely No Major Impact on Ukraine Conflict
The United States could provide Ukraine with only 20 to 50 long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles....

By Stacie Pettyjohn
- The Economic Times
- October 14, 2025

Featured
Audio & Video

Events

Upcoming
- Oct 28, 2025
Virtual Event | The Fourth Intelligence Revolution: The Future of Espionage and the Battle to Save America
Upcoming
- Oct 23, 2025
Virtual Event | Stuck in the Cul-de-Sac: How U.S. Defense Spending Prioritizes Innovation over Deterrence
Upcoming
- Oct 22, 2025
Make Room Study Session: Networking & Building Your Brand

Our Research Programs

Defense
- Defense
  How Tomahawks Could Help Ukraine Hurt Russia
  President Trump has signaled the United States may send long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine, allowing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to strike military targ...
  
  By Stacie Pettyjohn
  - In The News
- Defense / Transatlantic Security
  MWI Podcast: Europe’s Airspace Violations and the Counterdrone Challenge
  By Stacie Pettyjohn
  - Podcast
- Defense
  US Can Spare Only Limited Tomahawk Missiles, Likely No Major Impact on Ukraine Conflict
  By Stacie Pettyjohn
  - In The News
Indo-Pacific Security
- Indo-Pacific Security
  Sharper: India and the Quad
  Despite recent bilateral challenges, India’s relationship with the United States and its leadership within the Quad remains indispensable for an Indo-Pacific that is cooperati...
  
  By Keerthi Martyn & Charles Horn
  - Commentary
- Indo-Pacific Security
  America’s Self-Loathing Is a Losing Hand
  By David Feith
  - Commentary
- Indo-Pacific Security
  How China Could Use U.S. Farmland to Attack America
  By David Feith
  - Video
National Security Human Capital Program
- National Security Human Capital Program
  Troops Get Paid as Shutdown Becomes a ‘Kitchen-Table Crisis’
  More than a dozen advocacy groups for military members and veterans joined forces to urge Congress to pay troops on time and pass legislation that protects veterans, service m...
  
  By Kyleanne Hunter
  - In The News
- National Security Human Capital Program
  US to Build Facility for Qatari F-15s in Idaho; Details Remain Unclear
  By Katherine L. Kuzminski
  - In The News
- National Security Human Capital Program
  Texas National Guard Lands in Chicago, Sparking Feuds Between State Leaders, Trump
  By Katherine L. Kuzminski
  - In The News
Transatlantic Security
- Transatlantic Security
  A Tale of Two Russias: Views from Former Intelligence Officers
  Four years into its war in Ukraine, Russia continues to escalate attacks on the Ukrainian population while also dialing up its hybrid campaign against Europe. In the last six ...
  
  By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Peter Schroeder
  - Podcast
- Transatlantic Security
  Trump to Hold Putin Summit in Budapest – Where Russia Promised Not to Invade Ukraine
  By Jim Townsend
  - In The News
- Transatlantic Security
  Trump Plan for a Second Putin Meeting Undercuts Ukraine Push
  By Celeste Wallander
  - In The News
Middle East Security
- Middle East Security
  How a Peace Deal Between Hamas and Israel Will Reshape the Middle East
  Rachel Brandenberg joins NPR to discuss how the region will change if Israel and Hamas continue to abide by the peace deal President Trump brokered. Listen to the interview o...
  
  By Rachel Brandenburg
  - Podcast
- Middle East Security
  Oct. 7 Anniversary: Israel Battles Optics, Isolation, and Mounting Death Toll as World Pushes Trump Deal
  By Adham Sahloul
  - In The News
- Middle East Security
  Donald Trump’s Gaza Plan Skips Step One
  By Delaney Soliday
  - Commentary
Energy, Economics & Security
- Energy, Economics & Security
  BBC Business Today: China Defends Rare Earth Export Controls amid Tensions with USA
  Senior Fellow and Director of the Energy, Economics, and Security Program Emily Kilcrease joined BBC to discuss rare earths minerals and the US-China relationship. One of the ...
  
  By Emily Kilcrease
  - Video
- Energy, Economics & Security
  Why the Latest U.S.-China Tech Fight May Be the Biggest Yet
  By Liza Tobin
  - Podcast
- Energy, Economics & Security
  Export Controls and U.S. Trade Policy: Making Sense of the New Terrain
  By Geoffrey Gertz & Thomas Krueger
  - Commentary
Technology & National Security
- Technology & National Security
  Countering the Digital Silk Road
  Executive Summary The year 2025 marks the 10th anniversary of the Digital Silk Road (DSR), China’s effort to strengthen its global ties and influence through technology. In th...
  
  By Vivek Chilukuri & Ruby Scanlon
  - Reports
- Technology & National Security
  Ukraine’s Drone War over the Black Sea Is Heating Up
  By Samuel Bendett
  - In The News
- Technology & National Security
  Behind Russia’s Battlefield Drone Surge in Ukraine? Chinese Factories.
  By Samuel Bendett
  - In The News
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
- Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
  Rising Lion Shows the U.S. Needs More Allies Like Israel
  Since first exposing Iran’s nuclear weapons program in 1994, Israel knew that it might need to take military action. Yet, June’s attack was only seven months in the making....
  
  By Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley, Jr. (Ret.)
  - Commentary
- National Security Human Capital Program / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
  ‘Not Like Calling 911’—How A National Guard Call-Up Actually Works
  By Katherine L. Kuzminski
  - In The News
- Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
  Trump Pushes Bounds of Military, Police Immigration Actions
  By Carrie Cordero
  - In The News
Global Swing States
- Global Swing States
  New CNAS Report Argues Six “Global Swing States” Will Shape the New Great Power Competition
  Washington, June 26, 2025 – As international politics undergoes rapid transformation and great power competition intensifies, a new report from the Center for a New American S...
  - Press Release
- Global Swing States
  Global Swing States and the New Great Power Competition
  By Richard Fontaine & Gibbs McKinley
  - Reports
- Technology & National Security
  Countering the Digital Silk Road: Brazil
  By Ruby Scanlon & Bill Drexel
  - Reports